Purse clip



1,644,616 Oct 1927' H. .1. SHOOK PURSE CLIP Filed May 9. 1927 INVENTOI;

ATTORNEY.

Patented 0st. 4, 1927.

I srarss PATENT oFFicE.

HARMAN J'. SHOCK, OF BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON.

PURSE CLIP.

Application filed May 9,

. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1 showing the barbs bent over in their normalholding position and a section of the walls of a purse fastened to. theclip thereby in dotted outlines, Fig. 3 is an edge elevation of Fig. 1showing the clip handle in dotted outline in its open position, Fig. 4is a front elevation of the pocket of a garment with the major portionof said garment broken away with a purse, to which one of my clips isfastened, engaged to said pocket thereby, drawn on a smaller scale, andFig. 5 is a side or edge elevation of Fig. t in section on a verticalplane.

Similar characters refer to similar parts throughout. Certain parts arebroken away to show other parts hidden thereby.

vVith more particular reference to. the designated partsrThe main plateof the device is hi'nge arm 6 pivoted to handle 7 by hinge pin 8.

Preferably four barbs 9 are formed by st-ampin the same from openings ato project at right-angles from plate 6 in a direction from handle 7when in its closed position shown in full lines.

Boss 10 is preferably formed on the surface of handle 7 next arm plate6, when closed, by stamping from recess (4 WVhen shaping plate 6 forengagement with hinge pin 8 hinge eye a is formed. On the exteriorsurface of eye a is made tooth lug 11 with inclined sides.

When handle 7 is shaped for engagement with hinge pin 8 eyes a areformed and in the forming thereof dog 12 is made by extending thecutting further into said arm than is required in shaping said eyesonly. Preferably handle 7 is spring tempered so that dog 12 isresilient. Dog 12 is adapted to engage with tooth 11 when handle 7 isnearly closed against plate 6, and the engaging surfaces of said dog andtooth are shaped to cause an engagement between the 1927. Serial No.189,829.

two which may be overcome by no great force applied to open'handle 7 andthus cause said dog to mount and pass over the top of said tooth.

My clip is adapted for fastening to one of the walls of pocketbook 13 byapplying arm plate 6 to the outside of said wall and forc' ing barbs 9therethrough to be clinched thereover as shown at 9 in Fig. 2 wherefragmentary pocket book wall 13 is shown in dotted lines as beingengaged by said clinched barbs shown in dotted lines at 9, as

stated.

In garment 14is pocket 15 with opening (Z thereinto. In Figs. 4 and 5pocket book 13 is shown in place in pocket 15. Before said pocket bookwas inserted in the pocket, handle 7 was opened clear of arm 6 and whenthe front 14 of said pocket bore against the hinge of the clip saidhandle was pressed downward to occupy its position illustrated in Figs.4 and 5 with dog 12 engaged with tooth 11 to prevent the easy raisingand opening of handle 7, and also with boss 10 prest into the cloth ofthe pocket front to add to the hold of said handle 7 thereon. In thismanner the clip, while not positively engaging and fastening the pocketbook within the pocket recess, does so engage it therein that more thanthe ordinary forces tending to displace the pocket book from the pocketare required to cause its removal therefrom. Yet a force easily appliedby the hand to open handle 7 when properly applied'to said handle willrelease the pocket book from its described engagement and further serveas a hand hold for the convenient withdrawal of said pocket book fromsaid pocketr Having thus disclosed my invention, what I claim as new anddesire ters Patent is,

' A purse clip consisting of a two-member hinge one member of which hasbarbs thereto secure by Leton adapted to pierce and be fastened to thewalls of a purse by clinching thereover, a tooth having inclined sideson the hinge eye of said one hinge member, said other member of saidhinge having a boss thereon next to the side of said one member whenclosed, and a resilient dog on said other member adapted to engage withsaid tooth when closed proximate to said one member.

HABMAN J SHOOK.

